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TIL that the dedication page at the front of published books was originally used as a way for an author to beg a high-influence person for money.

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Np4J TIL that a blue whale is so large that its tongue weighs the same as an elephant and its heart weighs the same as a car.
nRr TIL that in 1966, the US lost a hydrogen bomb in the Mediterranean Sea, and struggled to find it. Finally, a Spanish fisherman helped them find it, and asked for the $20 million finder’s reward that the US owed according to law.
Z5vG TIL India is considered the “pharmacy of the developing world” and delivers affordable medicines to poor people all around the world by exporting 50% of of its $10bn annual generic medicine production.
lowlG TIL that Neil Young was once banned by MTV for his hilarious takedown of major corporate brands
9ZBM TIL If you’re American and find bird shit on an uninhabited island, you can claim the entire island as part of the United States